CodeForces - 589F Gourmet and Banquet

Gourmet and Banquet

A gourmet came into the banquet hall, where the cooks suggested n dishes for guests. The gourmet knows the schedule: when each of the dishes will be served.

For i-th of the dishes he knows two integer moments in time ai and bi (in seconds from the beginning of the banquet) — when the cooks will bring the i-th dish into the hall and when they will carry it out (ai < bi). For example, if ai = 10 and bi = 11, then the i-th dish is available for eating during one second.

The dishes come in very large quantities, so it is guaranteed that as long as the dish is available for eating (i. e. while it is in the hall) it cannot run out.

The gourmet wants to try each of the n dishes and not to offend any of the cooks. Because of that the gourmet wants to eat each of the dishes for the same amount of time. During eating the gourmet can instantly switch between the dishes. Switching between dishes is allowed for him only at integer moments in time. The gourmet can eat no more than one dish simultaneously. It is allowed to return to a dish after eating any other dishes.

The gourmet wants to eat as long as possible on the banquet without violating any conditions described above. Can you help him and find out the maximum total time he can eat the dishes on the banquet?

Input
The first line of input contains an integer n (1 ≤ n ≤ 100) — the number of dishes on the banquet.

The following n lines contain information about availability of the dishes. The i-th line contains two integers ai and bi (0 ≤ ai < bi ≤ 10000) — the moments in time when the i-th dish becomes available for eating and when the i-th dish is taken away from the hall.

Output
Output should contain the only integer — the maximum total time the gourmet can eat the dishes on the banquet.

The gourmet can instantly switch between the dishes but only at integer moments in time. It is allowed to return to a dish after eating any other dishes. Also in every moment in time he can eat no more than one dish.

Example
Input
3
2 4
1 5
6 9
Output
6
Input
3
1 2
1 2
1 2
Output
0
Note
In the first example the gourmet eats the second dish for one second (from the moment in time 1 to the moment in time 2), then he eats the first dish for two seconds (from 2 to 4), then he returns to the second dish for one second (from 4 to 5). After that he eats the third dish for two seconds (from 6 to 8).

In the second example the gourmet cannot eat each dish for at least one second because there are three dishes but they are available for only one second (from 1 to 2).

题外话：英文真的很重要。
The gourmet wants to try each of the n dishes and not to offend any of the cooks. Because of that the gourmet wants to eat each of the dishes for the same amount of time. 划重点！
每个人做的菜都要被“临幸”且时间还要一样，同时要求时间尽可能长。二分答案，每次将mid值与每道菜能被吃的最长时间进行判断。（达到时间要求即可跳到下一次循环）

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
#include <cmath>

using namespace std;

const int maxn = 110;

int n, vis[maxn];

struct node
{
    int a, b;
}dish[maxn];

int judge(int mid)
{
    memset(vis, 0, sizeof(vis));
    for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
    {
        if(dish[i].b-dish[i].a<mid)
            return 0;
        int time = 0;
        for(int j = dish[i].a; j<dish[i].b; j++)
        {
            if(!vis[j])
            {
                time++;
                vis[j] = 1;
                if(time==mid)
                    break;
            }
        }
        if(time<mid)
            return 0;
    }
    return 1;
}

int cmp(node x, node y)
{
    if(x.b==y.b)
        return x.a < y.a;
    return x.b < y.b;
}

int main()
{
    while(cin >> n)
    {
        int hi = 0, lo = 0, mid;
        for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
        {
            cin >> dish[i].a >> dish[i].b;
            hi = max(hi, dish[i].b-dish[i].a);
        }
        sort(dish+1, dish+1+n, cmp);
        int ans = 0;
        while(hi>=lo)
        {
            mid = (hi+lo) >> 1;
            if(judge(mid))
            {
                lo = mid + 1;
                ans = max(ans, mid);
            }
            else
                hi = mid - 1;
        }
        cout << ans*n << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}